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1984 Part Two

29th March 2021 Going Postal 3411 Comments

So, We’re a year into the “New Normal” (a/k/a The Totalitarianism Rebrand) and things are still looking ….… well, pretty totalitarian. Most of Western Europe is still in “lockdown,” or “under curfew,” or in some [more…]

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Thoughts on the Trump Presidency

26th January 2021 Going Postal 3921 Comments

As Donald Trump leaves office, I like many others I will be deflated. But most of all I will feel cheated, duped. Remember how he posed in the early days, a red-hatted sheriff who was [more…]

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War is Over…….GloboCap Wins!

16th January 2021 Going Postal 2878 Comments

Well OK, so, that was quite unsettling. For one terrifying moment there, it actually looked like GloboCap was going to let Roossian-Asset-Literally-Hitler win. Hour after hour on election night, States on the map kept turning [more…]

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Lockdown Mark 2

10th November 2020 Going Postal 5073 Comments

What the bloody hell are the motives behind the second lockdown? Given that the official line seems to hold less and less water, it’s no surprise people are coming up with crazy sounding theories. Even [more…]

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I’m not paying that!

26th May 2020 rattuscatchus 4671 Comments

For at least 30 years, I’ve been a bit of a haggler. If I need something, I generally go to a shop – I prefer a small shop, ask the price and if it is [more…]

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Two Distinctly Different Approaches to Crisis Resolution

30th March 2020 Patrick Barron 3510 Comments

There are two very distinct approaches to crisis resolution. One is the socialist approach, adopted by most governments of the world in the latest coronavirus crisis. The other is the individualistic approach, used by few [more…]

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Modern Monetary Theory is an old Marxist Idea

9th March 2020 Going Postal 3785 Comments

There is nothing new under the sun Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”, has been getting a lot of attention lately, often celebrated as a revolutionary breakthrough. However, there is absolutely nothing new about it. The [more…]

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Testing the Socialist hypothesis

20th January 2020 Emile Woolf 2102 Comments

Kristian Niemitz, Head of Political Economy at the IEA, wrote a book last year in which he explores the reasons why the idea of socialism persists as a viable economic system. In “Socialism: the Failed [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Five

29th September 2019 Going Postal 4132 Comments

Monday Bozzie is still away this morning,  at the G7, but he seems to have been upsetting a quite a few people. You might remember that yesterday he complained about the US not allowing our [more…]

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